On 17 August, there was a juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper at the salt works on S San Diego Bay. Whether or not this is the same bird seen a few days earlier by Patton & Squires is anyone's guess. Also

Hello / Mea Culpa! I did not see and photograph the Bendire's Thrasher late yesterday at the WTP Settling ponds! Gary Nunn has confirmed my own suspicions that the photos are actually of a very ragged

Today (Aug 17th) a small group of us found a Pectoral Sandpiper near the end of Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach. The bird was foraging along the bank of the estuary channel, loosely associated with a

Continuing BENDIRE’S THRASHER seen at Borrego Springs WTP this morning, briefly just before dawn and now at 7:30 am. Appeared near northwest area on the fenceline and also hopping around on the

The Buena Vista Audubon sponsored pelagic trip out of Mission Bay aboard "Legacy" on 16 August had light 2-foot swell, but with an eddy-caused increase in winds to 10-15 knots resulted in a 1-2 foot

Both birds were at the WTP Settling Ponds. I saw the Bendire's (Paul Lehman helped with the ID) in the morning, and the the LeConte's late in the day when I returned unsuccessfully hoping to see the

At around 9:15 a.m. at Sweetwater Reservoir about 3 Semipalmated Plovers were spotted at the small inlet to the left of the main parking. There was also about 45 Least and 45 Western Sandpipers. There

Hi A single Red-breasted nuthatch has been present this summer in the Mt. Soledad area of La Jolla. This species has previously bred in Pt Loma in past decades, but this individual is the only one

There's been a recent flurry of eBird reports of both a male Northern Cardinal at Whelan Lake and of a male Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater in the Tijuana River Valley, as well as a small (family?) group of

It's been a bit slow the past few days, with the following low-end highlights: On the 12th, the young, summering Glaucous-winged Gull magically reappeared at J Street mudflats, Chula Vista, following

Early Friday morning August 14, 2020, I birded Lakeside River Park (may also be considered an eastern extension of Walker Preserve). The best bird was a Solitary Sandpiper in a shallow puddle just

Hello all, The Buena Vista Audubon, and San Diego Pelagics first offshore trip for 2020 is Sunday, August 16th. This is a 12 hour trip to San Diego's local offshore banks, but may cross in to L.A.

I’m reaching out to the group to see if there is anyone in particular I could speak with regarding hummingbird migration thru San Diego County. I recently moved to Warner Springs and am noticing

6:40, 8/12. In fact very few gulls present. Not necessarily unusual as Gull numbers seem to pick up as the day progresses. John Bruin Bay Park

Sorry for the confusion with my old time abbreviation. "SDFCC" for the San Diego (River) Flood Control Channel. I should have said Robb Field, although the bird was much closer to the Mission Bay side

If you want to see a Vermilion Flycatcher, try Cottonwood Golf Course in El Cajon. I have golfed there three times this summer and see male and female Vermilions each time. The latest was Monday,

Now with loafing gulls on mud flat. Dave Povey Dulzura.

There was a worn adult Pectoral Sandpiper at the San Dieguito Dust Devil ponds early this morning, August 11. The bird was feeding in the shallow section in the northwest corner of the main

Four of us, Nancy Christensen, Mel Senac, Peter Ginsberg, and myself, ventured offshore Sunday 09 August 2020 to investigate far San Diego County waters on the 30 Mile Bank and down to "The Corner".

On Monday morning, 10 August, there were THREE adult Neotropic Cormorants on the boom at the bottom end of Sweetwater Reservoir, with about 20 Double-cresteds--right after the fishing access gates